The "Break-Through Point" in Language Learning - When Does It Happen?

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THE “BREAKTHROUGH”
POINT IN LANGUAGE
LEARNING – WHEN DOES
IT HAPPEN?

WHAT IS THE BREAKTHROUGH
POINT, AND HOW CAN WE
LEVERAGE THIS IN OUR
LANGUAGE LEARNING?

WHEN WE’RE NEW TO
LEARNING LANGUAGES, IT’S A
COMPLETE NEW LANGUAGE
AND WE DON’T REALLY KNOW
WHERE TO START

YOU MAY LEARN A FEW VERBS
AND A FEW NOUNS AND
MATCH THEM TOGETHER. WE
MAY FEEL FRUSTRATED SINCE
WE BECOME STUCK EVERY FEW
WORDS

THEN, WE LEARN A FEW
ADJECTIVES AND
ADVERBS, AND WE’RE ABLE TO
DESCRIBE SOME OBJECTS

THEN, WE MAKE AN EFFORT
TO TAKE IN AS MANY WORDS
AS POSSIBLE, BE IT
VERBS, NOUNS, ADJECTIVES
AND ADVERBS

WHEN WE FINALLY MIX IN
GRAMMAR, SOMETHING
MIRACULOUS HAPPENS;
OUR BRAIN CLICKS, AND WE REALIZE
IT WAS ALL MUCH EASIER THAN YOU
THOUGHT IT WAS

YOU’RE SUDDENLY ABLE TO FLOW
IN CONVERSATION, UNDERSTAND
SEVERAL SPEAKERS AND YOU
BECOME INCREASINGLY
CONFIDENT AND COMFORTABLE
IN THE LANGUAGE.

ANYTHING YOU LEARN AFTER
THE BREAKTHROUGH POINT
BECOMES MUCH EASIER THAN
BEFORE THE BREAKTHROUGH
POINT

AS LANGUAGE LEARNERS,
WE’RE ALL STRIVING TOWARDS
THIS BREAKTHROUGH POINT,
THOUGH WE MAY CALL IT
SOMETHING DIFFERENT

THIS POINT IS FOUND AROUND
THE INTERMEDIATE TO
ADVANCED POINT, SO THE
REAL QUESTION: “HOW DO WE
MOVE PAST THE BEGINNER
AND INTERMEDIATE PHASES”

I’LL GIVE YOU A SIMPLE AND
STRAIGHT ANSWER; LEARN
VOCABULARY (AND LOTS OF
IT), AND THEN LEARN HOW TO
LINK THE WORDS TOGETHER

I’VE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL
SPEAKERS AT DIFFERENT
LEVELS; THEIR ISSUE IS ALWAYS
ABOUT WORDS: “I NEED MORE
WORDS!”

IF YOU FOCUS ON LEARNING
AS MANY WORDS AS
POSSIBLE, YOU’RE SKIPPING
PAST THE PROBLEMS OF EVEN
THE ADVANCED LANGUAGE
LEARNERS

WHILE YOU’RE ACQUIRING
WORDS, IT’LL HELP TO LEARN
SOME GRAMMAR HERE AND
THERE, AND THEN FOCUS ON
IT COMPLETELY ONCE YOU FEEL
SATISFIED WITH YOUR LEVEL
OF VOCABULARY.

SO…
1.ACQUIRE VOCABULARY
2.LEARN GRAMMAR
3.CRYSTALIZE YOUR LANGUAGE
(LEVELS OF
FORMALITIES, CASES)

WHEN YOU TAKE THIS
APPROACH, YOU’RE SKIPPING
PAST THE TYPICAL ISSUES, AND
YOU’RE RECEIVING TONS OF
POSITIVE FEEDBACK THROUGH
ALL YOUR LEVELS.

1) WITH YOUR VOCABULARY,
YOU’LL POINT OUT FLUENT
SPEAKERS, AND THEY’LL BE
IMPRESSED. THIS WILL EVEN BE
THE CASE WHILE READING

2) WITH YOUR
GRAMMAR, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO
START SPEAKING ACCURATELY

WHEN YOU CRYSTALIZE YOUR
LANGUAGE, YOU’LL
UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXTS
AND WILL BE APPROPRIATE
WITH MOST PEOPLE

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/2012/08/14/the-breakthrough-
point-in-language-learning-
when-does-it-happen/

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